easy wedding invitations and gift wrap...

Wedding week at the Crate Paper blog has officially started...and I get to go first! :) I wanted to try creating a timeless wedding invitation and keep it fairly simple, so it could be easily mass-produced. I layered vellum over white cardstock and used my computer to print out the invitation.

Papers are Crate Paper's Portrait line, die is a Papertrey Ink die called Turning a New Leaf, then I added some twine and burlap from the craft store.

Stop over to Crate Paper's blog to see the full step-by-step instructions for this wedding invitation!

Thought I'd also show you a peek at a little package I mailed out to a customer today. Sorry about the bad photo! The photos of it didn't turn out that great, but I had already mailed it out. I wrapped kraft paper around a packaged set of cards and added a Crate Paper calendar paper, Morex ribbon in Sage Green, some handmade burlap flowers, a Webster's bird, and seam binding. Everything is hot glued on to make sure it stays during shipping! I stamped a "for you" stamp in Ripe Avocado. Stamp is from the Mat Stack 2 Collection.

I punched a 2" leaf from the Portrait paper by Crate Paper to add my name on the back and added a Melissa Frances resin photo corner to the white graph paper.

I hope my customer likes it! :) I think pretty packaging makes opening the gift even more exciting.

I don't have an Etsy shop open yet, but if there is anything that you want to purchase or need a special order, please email me: dflanders71@hotmail.com!